Citing Calgary as the only major Canadian city not supporting secondary suites, local Students' Unions are joining together to call on Calgary City Council to take action and support new proposals to increase the availability of Secondary Suites.

Touting Secondary Suites as an effective "market-driven" response to the housing shortage that will benefit homeowners while not requiring major public capital investment, Thrive Calgary is strongly urging Calgary City Council to support secondary suites.

Scott McGillivray, best-known as the host of HGTV Canada’s hit series, Income Property, is encouraging Calgary City Council to amend its current policy on secondary suites to create safe and affordable housing and provide sound investment for homeowners while addressing the current housing shortage.

Distinguished business and community leader Steve Allan will attend the secondary suite portion of the Calgary City Council meeting on Monday October 6, 2014. Mr. Allan will observe Council’s consideration of a number of individual secondary suite applications and will be available to the media following the meeting to provide commentary on the process he observes. Mr. Allan’s comments will draw on his extensive business, organizational management and community experience.

Citing secondary suites as a "critical economic issue for our city" and a "determining factor" of whether some Calgarians are able to purchase a home, Momentum urges Calgary City Council to support Secondary Suites.

On behalf of the nearly 200 members of the development industry they represent, the Urban Development Institute in Calgary has written an open letter to City Council supporting Secondary Suites in order to "improve housing choice and affordability" in our city.